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New migraine drug could relieve symptoms within two hours

Philly-based Spark Therapeutics acquired by Roche in $4.3 billion deal

Spark Therapeutics PHL

CDC: At least 1,300 people have died from the flu so far this season

GLAAD calls for Facebook to remove misleading ads about HIV prevention drug PrEP

Truvada PrEP Facebook ads

ChristianaCare develops tool to catch unintended CRISPR gene editing errors

ChristianaCare CRISPR

Tailor Cut Produce recalls fruit after salmonella outbreak at four Pennsylvania hospitals

Pre-cut fruit salmonella Pennsylvania

Jefferson to build Center City research center with $70 million gift

Jefferson Kimmel Research Center

Pa. Department of Health investigating salmonella outbreaks at four health care facilities

Salmonella petri dish

On World AIDS Day, massive quilt memorializes victims

AIDS Memorial Quilt on display

U.S. birth rate at lowest level in more than 30 years, CDC says

Newborn Baby 06282019

Teen develops lung injury related to vaping that resembles 'popcorn lung'

Teen popcorn lung vaping

'Vegan' parents charged in death of malnourished son

Vegan Florida Couple

White House unveils finalized health care price transparency rule

Philly health department warns of possible Hepatitis A exposure at Center City Italian restaurant

Ristorante la Buca

Cholesterol levels among U.S. adults are improving, but greater strides are needed

Cholesterol levels falling among U.S. adults

Researchers discover new HIV strain, first in nearly 20 years

New HIV strain discovered

Popular dietary supplement kratom may cause liver damage

FDA keeps brand-name drugs on a fast path to market – despite manufacturing concerns

President Trump nominates former Penn professor, Temple alum to lead FDA

Stephen Hahn FDA Trump

Lehigh County residents sue Juul claiming company marketed e-cigarettes to teens

Lawsuits Lehigh County Juul

Allentown woman, possibly exposed to measles, ordered to remain quarantined by judge

Hamburger patties, kabob, gyro strips among recalled beef due to E.coli risk

1018_beef recall

Bellmawr cuts off half of town's water supply after detection of dangerous chemical

Bellmawr main

How DNA from an ancestry website led to the arrest of a Pennsylvania rape suspect 26 years later

delaware cold case rape dna

College students tend to underestimate the alcohol content in Four Loko, study says

College students underestimate Four Loko alcohol

Penn alum wins Nobel Prize in Medicine

2019 Nobel Prize medicine Gregg L. Semenza

Why hospitals are getting into the housing business

Denver Health

Mical frozen tuna recalled after sales in Pennsylvania, New Jersey

FDA headquarters

Circadian rhythms regulate how well the immune system responds, study finds

Sandoz recalls generic Zantac due to possible carcinogen

Green tea ingredient may prove key to slowing antibiotic resistance

Green tea antibiotics

More blood pressure medicine recalled after carcinogen found in pills

Blood pressure medicine recalled FDA

Two more cases of deadly mosquito-borne virus Triple E discovered in New Jersey

Triple E infection New Jersey

Drexel University, Tower Health to buy St. Christopher's Hospital, report says

St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

A compound may improve pancreatic cancer survival rate, scientists find

Compound pancreatic cancer treatment

Philly health department warns of possible Hepatitis A exposure at donut shop

Yumcious Donuts

CHOP study finds nonverbal autistic kids slower to process sounds

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia autism study

Researchers find promise in prevention of chemotherapy hair loss

Chemotherapy hair loss

Explosion sparks fire at Russian lab that houses deadly diseases including smallpox and Ebola

Smallpox_vaccine_wiki 09172019

Human bodies can shift on their own well after death, researchers find

Skeleton Study

Millions of Americans’ medical images and data are on the Internet. Anyone can take a peek.

At-home rape kits now off the market

Preserve Rape Kit 09162019

Teen with dairy allergy dies after restaurant tells him food order was safe

Teen dies dairy allergy

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